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Friday, July 18, 2014

At least 20 have been killed in shelling of the city of Lugansk,
eastern Ukraine. The information was confirmed by the local city
administration."Today intense bombardment of Lugansk has continued. Shells
are falling in almost all districts of the city,” the
administration said in a statement. “According to preliminary
information, more than 20 civilians have been killed since this
morning."

Lugansk residents reported a shell falling close to a church,
killing one person. They said the city was attacked by Ukrainian
army’s rockets fired from a military jet.
"Self-defense forces fired at [the aircraft] from manpads
[man-portable air defence systems], but we don’t know if they hit
it or not,” some locals were cited as saying.
The Lisichansk Oil Refinery, property of the Russian oil company
Rosneft - recently sanctioned by the US - has also been attacked
and set on fire.
The opposition claims the refinery was targeted by Ukrainian army
from Grad multiple rocket launcher system.